Coast Guard advisory panel urges offshore companies to implement NIST framework

A panel developing recommendations to the Coast Guard on security and safety issues related to offshore industrial activities is calling for further adoption of the federal framework of cybersecurity standards, as the committee prepares to offer input on a forthcoming circular on cybersecurity for marine operations.

In a new report, the Coast Guard's National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee calls the National Institute of Standards and Technology's cybersecurity framework “the single-best comprehensive reference for the US Coast Guard as it...